Quote by Joseph Story
And it is no less true, that personal security and private propert

And it is no less true, that personal security and private property rest entirely upon the wisdom, the stability, and the integrity of the courts of justice. – Joseph Story

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Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them. – Joseph Story

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A good government implies two things first, fidelity to the objects of the government secondly, a knowledge of the means, by which those objects can be best attained. – Joseph Story

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If an idea is indeed sensible, it will eventually become just part of the accepted wisdom. – Nigel Farage

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Who is wise in love, love most, say least. – Alfred Lord Tennyson

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You have to find out whats right for you, so its trial and error. You are going to be all right if you accept realistic goals for yourself. – Teri Garr

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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a months study of books. – Chinese Proverb

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Time flies over us, but leaves it shadow behind. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Ere he returned, Madame descended and passed from the sparkling sunshine into the gloom of the portico, with a melancholy consciousness of the symbolic. For her spirit, too, had its poetic intuitions and insights… – Israel Zangwill, Dreamers of the Ghetto, “From a Mattress Grave,” 1897

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Independent films have a very different cachet than success films. – Diane Lane

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There wasnt a better teacher or mentor out there than Reggie White, on or off the field. – Brett Favre